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yb2 Posts: 653 Joined: 1/30/2006 Status: offline	No power and yet... - 7/18/2006 15:08:13 I just received a laptop through the post that I have to fix. It wasn't plugged in and didn't have the battery in it, but I thought I'd press the power button anyway... ... and Hey Presto! it booted up. I have no idea how a laptop with no obvious source of power that has been turned off since Saturday (when it was sent) managed to do that. Perhaps it's something stupid??? It is attached to the "slice" docking station, but they take power not give it, and there's no battery in it. Life has such power to amaze! _____________________________ it is natural for people not to see one's own faults, and to exaggerate other people's faults and failings. Currently listening to: L'Enfer Des Formes by Stereolab


swoosh Posts: 1428 Joined: 5/18/2002 From: Beaver Falls, PA Status: offline	RE: No power and yet... - 7/18/2006 15:18:03 Must have been that voodoo spell you cast on it. _____________________________ Swoooosh Just Do It! (in reply to yb2)


yb2 Posts: 653 Joined: 1/30/2006 Status: offline	RE: No power and yet... - 7/18/2006 15:28:24 I've got your picture now, so you'd better watch it! My voodoo transcends nations _____________________________ it is natural for people not to see one's own faults, and to exaggerate other people's faults and failings. Currently listening to: L'Enfer Des Formes by Stereolab (in reply to swoosh)


womble Posts: 5461 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: No power and yet... - 7/18/2006 15:30:49 It's obviously possessed. I'd suggest you get a priest in to exorcise it. _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ (in reply to yb2)


yb2 Posts: 653 Joined: 1/30/2006 Status: offline	RE: No power and yet... - 7/18/2006 15:32:26 I'll do twenty pressups and run around the block - I doubt a priest could manage half that _____________________________ it is natural for people not to see one's own faults, and to exaggerate other people's faults and failings. Currently listening to: L'Enfer Des Formes by Stereolab (in reply to womble)


swoosh Posts: 1428 Joined: 5/18/2002 From: Beaver Falls, PA Status: offline	RE: No power and yet... - 7/18/2006 16:05:22 quote: I've got your picture now, so you'd better watch it! My voodoo transcends nations ARGGGGH! I forgot about that......that damn Mango suddenly feeling aches and pains......Ok Ok Ok _____________________________ Swoooosh Just Do It! (in reply to yb2)


womble Posts: 5461 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: No power and yet... - 7/18/2006 17:00:26 Of course the other alternative is just to install a M$ beta on it....guaranteed to wipe out any traces of everything else! _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ (in reply to swoosh)


caz Posts: 3470 Joined: 10/10/2001 From: Somewhere south of Chester, UK Status: offline	RE: No power and yet... - 7/18/2006 19:43:37 You've missed the point - nothing to do with the Prince of Darkness ( Gates), or voodoo - it's surely a miracle. Let us know when it starts to cry, with real tears falling down the screen. _____________________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will dance, or more on your keyboard. Cheshire cat. www.doracat.co.uk I remember when it took less than 4hrs to fly across the Atlantic. (in reply to womble)


yb2 Posts: 653 Joined: 1/30/2006 Status: offline	RE: No power and yet... - 7/19/2006 4:33:27 Unfortunately, it's not a miracle. I had a poke around. It's a new model of laptop in the series, and with this one they've "hidden" an extra battery in the docking station. Rats. I was looking forward to being high priest of the church of the batteryless laptop. _____________________________ it is natural for people not to see one's own faults, and to exaggerate other people's faults and failings. Currently listening to: L'Enfer Des Formes by Stereolab (in reply to caz)


jaybee Posts: 13972 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: No power and yet... - 7/19/2006 7:16:15 When I was at Uni we had a TV like that. Just wouldn't turn off. Unplugged it from the wall and it still kept going. Four extremely weirded out females until my rational side kicked in and I decided to take a closer look. The guys from halls across the way had got in and rigged a separate power cable up through the bottom of the set and doctored the switch so it was permanently on. We got them back. Went to their dorm while they were playing rugby put the plug in the wash basin, filled it with water then removed the waste pipe. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to yb2)